Christina Slape, MIPI Senior Communications Manager
MIPI Alliance welcomed 145 participants, representing 46 member companies, to Milan, Italy, 17-21 June, for MIPI Member Meeting Europe #51. Throughout the week, participants collaborated within 17 groups to advance MIPI specifications and strategic priorities, plan development and marketing activities, and network with colleagues from around the globe.
The MIPI groups that met this week included the board of directors, 11 working groups, the Technical and Marketing steering groups, the Software Device Class subgroup, the Security BoF and the I3C Basic Ad Hoc Group. MIPI Alliance members can follow the progress of specification development, adoption and other working group activities with the post F2F report and specification roadmap sent shortly after the conclusion of each member meeting.
Opening Plenary
Meeting #51 officially launched on Tuesday, 18 June, at the Opening Plenary, where attendees received updates from Joel Huloux, MIPI Alliance chairman, and working group leaders. Huloux shared the latest information on membership demographics, security initiatives and emerging areas of focus.
His presentation was followed by a roadmap update from Eugen Becker, TSG vice chair; and a summary from Kevin Yee, Marketing Steering Group chair, on the latest activities related to 5G, automotive and IoT. In addition, Enrico Carrieri, Debug WG chair, reported on the group's activities, recent accomplishments and future direction. Roy Chestnut, vice chair of the DevCon Steering Committee, encouraged members to get involved with MIPI DevCon Taipei and help spread the word about the 18 October event.
MIPI members may review the Opening Plenary presentations on the member website.
Specification Award
Congratulations to the members of the Software WG for the adoption of MIPI DisCo for I3CSM v1.0. The specification award was accepted by the group's chair, Rob Gough (Intel Corporation), pictured with Peter Lefkin, MIPI managing director, at the Opening Plenary.
Social Event
Meeting participants took a well-deserved break mid-week for an off-site social event at the Museo Diocesano Milano to enjoy dinner, networking with colleagues, a performance by a soprano opera singer and a tour of the museum exhibits.
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The next MIPI Alliance member meeting will be held 14-18 October, in Taipei, followed by MIPI DevCon Taipei on 18 October.